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20 Markkaa, Litt. A 1918
| Issuer | Suomen Pankki (Bank of Finland) |
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| Year | 1909 |
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| Reference(s) | P#26 |
| Obverse description | Orange on gray underprint. Imperial Russian double-headed Czarist eagle vignette at upper centre, flanked by denomination numerals in the top left and right corners. The notation 'Litt. A' appears at the upper left and right of each note, with bilingual text in Finnish at left and Swedish at right, and two signatures at bottom centre with serial numbers at lower left and right. |
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| Obverse lettering | SUOMEN PANKKI MAKSAA TÄSTÄ SETELISTÄ KAKSIKYMMENTÄ MARKKAA KULLASSA (Translation: Bank of Finland will pay for this banknote Twenty Marks in gold) |
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This note was printed well before its 1918 issue date — the 1909 series had already been in production under the Russian imperial administration of Finland, when Suomen Pankki operated under significant tsarist oversight. The "Litt. A" designation distinguishes it from later lithographic printings produced under wartime conditions, as the newly independent Finnish state scrambled to establish a functioning currency after the January 1918 declaration of independence and the civil war that immediately followed.
The chaotic monetary situation of 1918 meant earlier-dated printing stocks were pressed into service without modification.